Re: Notice: False Review on Amazon.com of e-RPG book

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Stone, Brad V (TC) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:34 PM
Subject: Notice: False Review on Amazon.com of e-RPG book


>This mail is to inform everyone that a review of my e-RPG book that says is
>by Al Barsa is false, and was not posted by Al Barsa or are these his views
>in the least bit.

>I have been in contact with Al and he wants it to be known that he did not
>post this.  Al is in London right now visiting family and can't post to
this
>list, so he wanted me to pass along this information.  He will confirm this
>message as soon as he returns.
>
>If anyone has any contacts at Amazon and can help us find the IP address of
>the person that posted this, or to simply get it removed, it would be a
>great help.  We are working to get this review removed as well, as it is no
>doubt a joke in very poor taste that doesn't help the book, Al, myself, or
>the AS/400 community as a whole.
>

Just to play devils advocate here....

How do you know there isn't another Al Barsa?  I know of two...  Al and Al
Jr.  (maybe three... isn't his son Albert, the third?)  They're all on one
side of the country (east).  It isn't from Al Jr. is it?  Then maybe... in
this vast country of ours...

Second, how big of an ego do you need to think that such a review is not
valid?  While I have not read the book, the idea that just because you *can*
do something in RPG, does not mean that you *should* do it in RPG.

You just assume that this is a joke, that it is FALSE, and then you want
someone's *opinion* to be quashed.  Someone, by your own admission, you have
NOT been in contact with.  You called the Al you know...


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"Those who would give up essential Liberty,
  to purchase a little temporary Safety,
  deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     - The Papers of Ben Franklin



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